Small Business Management

Pape Ndiaye
Professor: E.Gause
International Business
Country Factors Analysis on China

After a long reflection, my partners and I concluded to conduct our business in China. For that same perspective we are trying to understand some factors that are essential to know before going in adventure in China. After a deep research, I know that doing business in China is not obvious but could be at the same time very fruitful if you have an clear understanding of their political and legal factor, then know their culture and beliefs and finally their economical and the rise and fall of their currency. The most populous country in the world, the people Republic of China is today emerging as one of the major global economies. China is known as a country of etiquette and ceremonies. The unique character of the Chinese is built on the strong sense of pride in their ancient history and culture. I believe in this day that we need to understand the basic Chinese cultural, ethical and the business values is paramount to any organization wanting to conduct business in today’s very quickly progressing China.

Communism China is really deepened in the communism since their leader Mao Zedong. Mao taught the Chinese people the notion of equality of everyone throughout the whole country. Communism kept on progressing gradually from the 1911 revolution to Now. Mao was influenced by the philosophy of Karl Marx and at the same time the Chinese population was experiencing poverty, starvation and mass killings. All those factors contribute to the rise of communism in that region. That phenomenon starts changing with the death of Mao and the Deng Xiaoping election in 1977. The new views of Deng were that it was necessary for china to embrace a more free market system that could help the country recover economically. He thought the only way to succeed in that path was to…...

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